We've come a long way as viewers in the last few decades - Only 18 years ago tongues were wagging over a same-sex kiss in "LA Law", and don't get me started over Mary Whitehouse and her ilk. Since then, a New Generation have sought out increasingly more violent and sexualised fare (caused by unfettered Internet access no doubt) and are coming up empty nowadays. Where does a discerning exploitation director go to upset his audience? French director Pascal Laugier has the answer; Kaspar Hauser with his intestines hanging out! (Look him up folks).

Cast you mind back to the beginning of the 1970s; Lucie is found wandering down a country road near-catatonic, the police deduce that she had been held against her will in a dirty slaughterhouse for years, yet never molested. After being placed in an orphanage, she befriends Anna, where after years of pent-up aggression the pair saunter off for a dose of well-earned revenge. I won't give away what happens next, but suffice to say the film's scattershot delivery and extreme brutality can leave a lot of people grasping in vain for their sick buckets. It's cinematic Darfur, and the Janjaweed militia are bearing down with a threatened R18 rating.

Being French, the film may alienate those who prefer to get their Body Horror from a bad US remake of an earlier bad US film, which seems to be the overriding trend nowadays. Don't worry, for those the inevitable American version will be out in a few years. For those with better taste, you already have the definitive version right in front of you. And while you're at it, watch Alexandre Bustillo's "Inside" as well. France is where it's at nowadays, believe it.